POPULAR PULA
VISITORS FROM THE ARKANA GALAXY
DIRECTOR: Dušan Vukotić
PREMIERE OF THE RESTORED FILM:
COUNTRY: Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia
YEAR/DURATION: 1981. • 93′
GENRE: SF
Info
- SCREENPLAY: Miloš Macourek, Dušan Vukotić
- PHOTOGRAPHY: Jiří Macák
- EDITOR: Ivana Kačirkova
- SCORE: Tomislav Simović
- CAST: Žarko Potočnjak, Lucie Zulova, Ksenija Prohaska, Rene Bitorajac, Ljubiša Samardžić, Ivana Andrlova
- PRODUCER: Sulejman Kapić
- PRODUCTION COMPANIES : Filmové studio Barrandov, Jadran film, Kinematografi, Zagreb film
In 2023, Zagreb film celebrates its 70th anniversary. In the seventy years since its founding, it has left a mark on the whole Croatian film scene and global animated-film scene, producing all film types. The care for the rich heritage is reflected in the recently completed restoration of the feature-length science fiction film Visitors from the Arkana Galaxy by Dušan Vukotić from 1981, which will be proudly screened at this year’s Pula Film Festival.
Synopsis
Robert is a sci-fi novelist who discovers he can materialise his thoughts. As a result, a group of aliens come to Earth, led by the stout Andra, who is fond of Robert, which his girlfriend Biba doesn’t like one bit. Mumu the monster also comes with the aliens…
Festivals and awards
Porto International Film Festival, Fantasporto 1984 – Best Screenplay (ex aequo with The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians)
Madrid International Film Festival, Imagfic 1982 ― Grand Prix, Audience Award, FIPRESCI Award, Jury’s Award for Best Make-Up
Trailer
About the director
Dušan Vukotić (1927-1998) was a director, screenwriter, animator, and caricaturist, who studied architecture in Zagreb. He entered the world of animated films at the beginning of the 1950s in Duga film in Zagreb. He made his debut with the cartoon How Kico Was Born (1951). In 1956, he made his own project – Naughty Robot. His most famous animated films include Cowboy Jimmy (1957), The Great Fear (1958), Concerto for Sub-machine Gun (1958), Cow on the Moon (1959), Abracadabra (1958), The Avenger (1958), Piccolo (1959), The Game (1962). In 1961, he won an Oscar for his animated film The Substitute (this was the first time that the Oscar in this category went outside the US). In addition, he made some interesting feature films – The Seventh Continent (1966), Operation Stadium (1977), Visitors from the Arkana Galaxy (1981).
Screening
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- ARENA – SUNDAY 16.07.2023.
23:30
- ARENA – SUNDAY 16.07.2023.
- BRIJUNI – THURSDAY 20.07.2023
21:30
Boat tickets are sold at the Brijuni National Park office on the Fažana quayside on the day of the screening, starting from 4 p.m. The price of boat transfer is 8.00 € kn and film screenings are free of charge.
